The Breach

Based on the data breach incident that occurred at Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth, and Lord & Taylor stores, there are many ethical issues that occurred. According to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, there was one general moral imperatives that were broken during this data breach. The first and most important general moral imperative that was broke was the right to “Respect the privacy of others” (ACM Council, 1992). This moral of imperative code was broken because a year’s worth of customers data was taken and the professionals of the systems that is used by the department store chains did not constantly “…. maintain the privacy and integrity of data describing individuals…. protecting it from unauthorized access or accidental disclosure to inappropriate individuals. (ACM Council, 1992)”. Other than the one ethical issue been broke based on the code, the departments chain abided…

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Christopher Davis Professor Kerry L. Myers, JD, CFE BUL 3320 20 January 2017 Breach of NDA Resulting in Punitive Damages Nolo Dictionary describes a Nondisclosure Agreement as “A legally binding contract in which a person or business promises to treat specific information as a trade secret and not disclose it to others without proper authorization” (Nolo). On May 27, 2008, the Honorable David H. Coar issued an Opinion and Order on the RRK Holding Company v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., in which…

Ashley Madison data breach this was definitely not the case. The known site for adulterers and cheaters quickly found themselves all over the news because of their inability to secure their server. The data breach exposed many flaws of the company as well other damaging information about the company’s plans. Along with the embarrassment of the hack, the company would now find themselves in danger of serious economic damages. Avid Life Media, which owned the site, was now at risk for lost…

The HITECH definition of breach is the "unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of PHI which compromises the security privacy of such information." It poses a significant risk of financial, reputation, or other harm to the affected individual. It is an act that compromises security or privacy. Breaches include theft, loss, unauthorized access and disclosure, hacking, and improper disposal. Portable devices such as laptop computers preset one of the greatest breach risks, although…

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The physical wounds were bad enough, but I destroyed my trust with my parents for a very long time. Not letting them know something of this magnitude and going against their wishes in such a big way was idiotic of me and I realize how much I damaged my parent’s faith in me to be a responsible child. I can now only say that I am solely responsible for my injury and especially for the breach of trust that came against my parents, and I will work forever to fix this enormous mistake. This being my…

associate screening, insider employee theft, and failure to update information security methods (Matwyshyn, 2009, p. 584). A breach incident is the unauthorized access to confidential or sensitive information which can result in the compromise or probable compromise of this data. This Information which could be confidential, protected, or sensitive can include personal identity information, health information, intellectual property or professional trade secrets of an organization, and…

Most people can remember the Target breach, whether they were affected by it or not. Personally, this was the first big data breach that I remember, and I was one of the millions affected by it. While I do not shop at Target often of course I bought one thing from the store during the time of the breach. I was a nervous wreck, my wife was even worse. Luckily the only thing affected was our nerves and not our personal identities. Since then, it seems like data breaches happen every day. It is sad…

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